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Mayr, O

The Origins of Feedback Control

Cambridge, MIT Press, 1970

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Year of publication
1970
Author
Mayr, O
Publishers
Cambridge, MIT Press
Keyword
history, technology, automatic control systems, mechanics, feedback control, thermodynamics, tecnica, storia, servomeccanismi, controlli automatici, controreazione
Languages
English

Description

151pp G/none First edition in English, hardback. Original editorial yellow cloth, white lettering on spine, front board with light traces of dust, ex-library label and stamp on pastedown and endpaper, a couple of unobstrusive notes and corrections inside, otherwise very good, clean and tight. From the library of Prof. A T Fuller. Important work on the concept of feedback control and its history covering the period from the ancient Greeks through the XVIII-XIX century, with many line diagrams illustrations, notes and bibliographical references. It was originally published in German with the title Zur Fruhgeschichte der Technischen Regelungen.